- He retired from his acting career and resided in Nashville, Tennessee until his death.
- Made 17 guest appearances on Ed Sullivan's variety show, The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
- He owned an advertising agency with Adams and D.W. Silverstein (it represented the International House of Pancakes); was the head of a management company that counted Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass among its clients.
- Known for creating the Hispanic character "Jose Jiminez". Dana himself was from a Hungarian Jewish background.
- Began his career at NBC working as a studio page.
- He chose his stage name Dana in homage to his mother Dena.
- Brother of Irving Szathmary.
- One of his television appearances as astronaut Jose Jimenez was shown in the movie The Right Stuff (1983).
- Was a brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity, based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
- In January 2006 was saluted by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters of Radio and Television at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Los Angeles, CA.
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